Textile Cone Shell (species: Conus textile) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Conus textile
Textile Cone Shell


©Richard Ling: Conus textile, Cod Hole, Ribbon Reef #10, Great Barrier Reef

©divemecressi on Flickr: Textile Cone Shell (Conus textile), Egypt - Sinai - Dahab (Nightdive)

©David Witherall and Ben Collins: Textile Cone, Conus textile, Russell Island, Normanby Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Family Conidae
Genus Conus
Species Conus textile
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Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with undulating longitudinal lines of chocolate, interrupted by triangular white spaces. These last are irregularly disposed, but crowded at the shoulder, base and middle so as to form bands. The spire is similarly marked. The aperture is white. (Wikipedia)

Size

  • Up to 15 cm (Shell Length)

Synonyms

Diet

It is a carnivorous species, and uses a radula (a biological microscopic needle) to inject a conotoxin to kill snails. (Wikipedia)

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Danger

  • rarely fatal - The conotoxin of this species is extremely dangerous to humans. It is delivered by the proboscis, the tip of which holds the harpoon-like radular tooth that is capable of being extended to any part of its own shell. (Wikipedia)

References

  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.
  • Wilson, B.R. (1994). Australian Marine Shells: 2. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.